Negligée shirt.



A. KOLB. NEGLIGEE SHIRT. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21, 1913.

1 097; 1 1 Patented May 19, 1914.

, INVENTOR Attom ey UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST KOLB, 0F BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA.

NEGLIGEE SHIRT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST KoLB, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bakersfield, in the county of Kern and State of California, have invented a new and useful Neglige Shirt, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in soft or lay-down collars attached to outing or neglige shirts.

The object is to provide a collar of this class which may be laundried at the same time the shirt itself is being done up and, upon the application of certain means provided and forming part of this invention, may be caused to assume a stifi position around the neck of the wearer to simulate the appearance of the ordinary laundried, detachable turn-clown collar.

I'Ieretofore collars of this kind have necessitated the employment of stifiening means which encroached upon the neckband of the shirt and, by reason of this bulkiness, caused an undue pressure upon the collar button at the back of the neck and thus inflicted much discomfort to the wearer. In the present invention the stiffening means is mounted wholly within the confines of the overturned outer portion of the collar of the shirt and does not abridge, contract or otherwise afiect, in any undesirable manner, the ncckband thereof.

Another object, in the present invention, is to provide a collar having a concealed pocket for the stiffening means, which pocket may be easily and cheaply constructed during the manufacture of the shirt, and in which a simple stifiener may be readily introduced into the collar without materially adding to its thickness and removed therefrom, for the purpose of laundrying the said. shirt and collar.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, size and proportions may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing, in which like reference characters designate corresponding parts in each of the several figures: Figure 1 is a rear perspective view of a portion of a shirt, illustrating the im- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 21, 1913.

Patented May 19, 1914.

Serial No. 755,920.

proved collar in a standing position, the shirt being open. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same with the shirt in a closed position and viewed from the front. Fig. 3 1s a vertical sectional View of the improved collar in its normal or turned down position. Fig. 1 is a detail perspective view of the stiffener. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

The improvement consists in providing a pocket within the limits of the normally down-turned outer portion 1 of the collar of the shirt 2, the upper portion of which is shown in the drawing. This pocket may be easily made during the process of manufacture by simply securing together .in the usual manner, the inner and outer plies 3 and l by stitching along the two longitudinal edges 5 and 6 and along one end 7 which closed end may be either the left or the right hand side of the collar when secured to the shirt. The longitudinal stitching 5 secures the entire collar to the neckbank 8 which, in turn, is stitched to the shirt as indicated at 9. At the opposite end of the collar from that indicated at 7 the inner ply 3 and the outer ply 4 are not fastened together at the extreme edge 10 and an entrance opening 11 to the pocket 12 thus formed is provided contiguous to said edge 10, as shown in Fig. 5. A flap 13 is secured at the extreme edge 10 and is adapted to be folded back over the opening 11, and to be held in position by a button 141 secured to the underside 3 of the collar and the button hole 15 formed in the end portion of the flap 13. With the flap secured in this manner, and the collar turned down in its normal position, it will be seen that the pocket together with the closure flap is entirely concealed from view and has the appearance of an ordinary collar. A stiffening strip 16 of thin flexible material, preferably celluloid, is provided, of approximately the length and breadth of the interior of the pocket and is adapted to be inserted through the opening 11 and slid along until the entire strip is seated in the pocket, when the closure flap 13 is fastened by the button 14 and the collar turned down to normal position, assuming the position shown in Fig. 3. By this manner of forming the pocket and the flap, there are no bulky seams to come into contact with the neck of the wearer which would cause discomfort to the wearer.

The stiffening strip may be removed from the collar when the shirt is soiled and at the same time may be cleansed and used indefinitely.

VVhat is claimed is An outing or neglige shirt provided with an attached turndown collar with inner and outer plies stitched together throughout both long edges and to the neck band of the shirt and also stitched together along one end and open at the other end, the outer' ply of the collar at the open end being provided with a flap adapted to be folded back against the inner ply to close the open end of the collar, said flap and collar being pro- W. T. lVoons.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

